Connected Circle - Mystic Halloween

Last week I performed at a special Halloween event for the Connected Circle, hosted by Chris Henry and iConcierge. 

I shared the bill with representatives of some rather dubious professions including a tarot card reader, an astrologer and a faith healer (with an extreme penchant for mixed metaphors). Most of what was said that evening was complete nonsense. But I hope that my nonsense was more fun than theirs. 

Photos by Rai Allen

Mystic Halloween - Connected Circle

This Friday, I'll be performing at Connected Circle's Mystic Halloween show.

Have you ever wondered how magic is done? Is there something you want to say to someone in the afterlife? Do you know the benefit of aligning your spirit, body and energy?

Join the live studio audience at the upcoming "Mystic Halloween" Connected Circle Live Show and Dance Party! as mystic guest mediums, tarot card readers and magicians share insights to help you discover your mystical self. Meet the mystics and dance the night away with other audience members.

Halloween costumes optional but encouraged.

The show's live filming will take place on Friday, October 28th from 5:30pm onwards at Maezo Restaurant + Bar (formerly The Rum Exchange) in downtown Toronto.

Tickets are now available if you'd like to join us. (And apparently there's a dance party as well.)

Magic and Martini at SpiritHouse

We've just had the first very well attended show at SpiritHouse in Toronto. Thank you to everyone who came out to enjoy an evening of magic (and fought their way through all of the traffic from the Toronto International Film Festival.)

Photos by David Fulde. 

Magic and Martini continues through November in Toronto and Oakville. Readers of this blog can use the code secrets for a discount on the prices of tickets when purchasing online.

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Cheap Tricks with Dear Friends

On Thursday, September 15, I'll be involved in a most unusual show in Toronto:

Cheap Tricks (it's not what you think it is... I swear)

Many performers dread the thought of arriving at an event to discover that part or all of their show is missing (or more likely, that some airline personnel have skilfully redirected it to the wrong city as part of their mission to increase the amount of entropy in the universe.) This is a show where we make this happen on purpose.

A few hours before the show, seven magicians will be given a limited budget and a destination store (like a convenience store) and have to generate an act based on what they can acquire in a limited amount of time. It's a test of ingenuity, creativity and audacity. I'll be one of the judges, which I suspect may be a more difficult job that what awaits the performers.

The show details for the show are:

Cheap Tricks Thursday, September 15 @ 8:00 PM Revival (783 College Street)

Advance tickets are $20 and are available online now. If you're able to make it out I'm sure it will be a most exciting and unique evening.

The Non-Conference

This coming weekend, I'll be performing at a rather unusual event — The Non-Conference. Contrary to its name, it is a conference. It's a one-day conference for non-believers in Niagara Falls, Saturday, August 13.

Speakers at the conference include Maajid Nawaz (who recently co-wrote a book with one of my favourite authors), Catherine Dunphy (a former executive director of The Clergy Project, Scott Clifton (I'll let you figure out on your own why they invited a three-time Emmy winner General Hospital cast member) and several more. If you're free to attend, it will be a terrific event. Tickets are $159 for the day.

My part comes in at the special sit down VIP dinner on Friday, August 12 where guests have a chance to sit down with the speakers. I'll be doing some good old fashioned magic with a skeptical bent. I believe there are still a few tickets left for the dinner.

The weirdest thing to ever happen to me on stage

For the past four years, I have been allowing members of the audience to blindfold me with duct tape (of various and assorted colours). Some would say that this strikes most of the audience as unusual and sends a rather strange message about what my personal boundaries might be. Admitting all that, nothing like this has ever happened to me before: (No spoilers, see for yourself, apologies for the poor video quality)

This was filmed at Magic Tonight If you would like to see what the whole trick actually looks like, in colour, you can watch it here.